Kitchen-cabinet.



vPatented Feb. 6, 1917. ZSHEETS-SHEETL L? .C. C. BECKER. KITCHENCABINET. APPLICATION FILED MMS, m4.

Witnesses C. C. BECKER.

KITCHEN CABINET.

APPLICATION man MAY 6. i914.

Patented Feb. 6,1917.

2 SHEETS-S`HEET 2.

y Inventor Witnesses Attorneys CHARLES C. BECKEIRbOF INDIANAPOLIS,INDIANA.

` KITCHEN-CABINET.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 191?.

Application filed May 6, 1914. Serial No. 836,802.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. BECKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Kitchen-Cabinet, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to kitchen cabinets.

A cabinet of this character as ordinarily constructed is provided with aslidable leaf or lmeading board adapted to be drawn forwardly from thecabinet so as thus to constitute a leaf or table of considerable area.It has been found, however, that when the said leaf is drawn forward itis impossible to grip the handles of the drawers below the leaf withoutstooping and bending forward under the leaf.

One of the objects of the present invention is to so mount the drawersin the lower section of theV cabinet that, when the top leaf or table isdrawn forward, a housing in which the drawers are mounted will also bedrawn forward so that, when the drawers are closed, their front faceswill always be disposed in the same relation to the front edge of thetop leaf whether or not the said leaf is in retracted or extendedposition.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings v Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet embodyingthe present improvements.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, the top leaf and the supplementalhousing for the drawers being shown drawn forward.

Fig. 3 is a section through the bottom section of the cabinet, saidsection being on the line A-B Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section through a portion of the cabinet on the line C-DFig. l.

Fig. 5 is a section on line E-F Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one rear corner portion of the slidablesection, the same being inverted.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference lQ designates theupper or cupboard section of the `cabinet such as ordinarily usedand 2designates the base section which, inthe present instance, is in theform of a housing, the bottom frame 3 of which is mounted on casters 4as ordinarily and is provided atits front corners and within its uppersurface, with antifriction rollers 5. A top or leaf 6 is slidablymounted as ordinarily upon the section 2 and is adapted, when not inuse, to be partly housed under the upper or covered section 1. This leaf6'is provided, along its side edges, with depending flanges 7 lappingthe upper edges of the sides of the housing 2 so as to prevent them fromspreading apart.

Fitting snugly within the casing or housing 2 is -a supplemental casing8 which bears downwardly on the rollers 5 and is provided, upon the rearcorner portions of its bottom, with anti-friction rollers 9 adapted totravel along the bottom frame 3. A caster 10 is connected to the frontportion of the supplemental casing 8 and is adapted to travel along thesurface on which the casters 4 are mounted. This supplemental casing 8has a series of drawers l1 slidably mountedtherein and can be providedwith a cupboard 12. The leaf 6 eX- tends over the casing 8 and isattached to the top thereof so that, when the said leaf is drawnforward, the supplemental casing 8 will be moved outwardly from thecasing or housing 2, as illustrated for example in Fig. 2. When,however, the leaf 6 is pushed back to its normal position, the casing 8will also move back into the housing 2, bringing its front edge flush orsubstantially flush with the front of said housing 2.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that when the' leaf 6 is drawnforward, the drawers 1l will be readily accessible and it becomesunnecessary to stoop down and reach under the leaf, as has heretoforebeen the case.

What is claimed -is-z'-` A kitchen cabinet embodying abase sectionconstituting a housing and having sides and a bottom, an upper sectionspaced above the base section, the base section being eX- tendedforwardly beyond the upper section, .a leaf slidably mounted between thesections lwithin the base section and having its upper portion connectedto and closed by said leaf to move therewith, anti-frictional supportingmeans carried by the supplemental Casing in front of the bottom of thebase sec- '10 tion to move upon the supporting surface of the cabinet,anti-friction supporting means carried by the bottom of the base sectionat its forward edge to support the supplemental easing, andanti-friction means carried by the bottom of the supplemental casing atthe rear edge thereof to bear upon the bottom of the base section.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiiXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES C. BECKER. Witnesses:

JOHN C. F. OTT,

FANNIE MCCLINTOCK.

Copies of, this patent may be obtained for five vcents each, byaddressing the Commissioner vof Patents, Washington, D. C.

